FEMINISM IN CARROLL LEWIS'S THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE (“FEMINISM” DALAM NOVEL CARROLL LEWIS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE)
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FEMINISM IN CARROLL LEWIS'S THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND
WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE
(“FEMINISM” DALAM NOVEL CARROLL LEWIS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND
WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE)
Nala Pramudya Wardhana, Eko Suwargono, Hat Pujiati
English Department, Faculty of Letters, Jember University
Jln. Kalimantan 37, Jember 68121
E-mail: ekosuwargono.sastra@unej.ac.id
Abstract
This novel entitled Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There written by Carroll Lewis tells about Alice as a
child who experiences being a Queen in Looking Glass World. This is feminism story of Alice to reach her goal become a
Queen. Alice lives on Victorian era in England. This research uses qualitative research for analyzes the result of research
using approach feminism. The main data are taken from Carroll Lewis‘s novel with the title Through the Looking Glass and
What Alice Found There. The secondary data are taken from previous research, some books, journals, and internet sources.
The analysis of this study uses inductive method. Inductive method in this research is taken from the specific form of
feminism discourse, by using feminism approach. The writing of this thesis is to gain several goals. The first goal of this
study is try to find out deeply information about feminism express in the novel. The second purpose is to show how feminism
discourse constructed in the novel.
Keywords: Feminism, being Queen, Victorian era.
Abstrak
Novel dari Carroll Lewis berjudul Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, bercerita tentang seorang
gadis laki-laki yang mengalami pengalaman menjadi Queen dalam dunia fantasi, yang disebut Dunia Looking Glass.
Cerita tentang feminisme oleh Alice yang dia cita cita kan menjadi seorang Ratu. Alice hidup pada era Victoria di Inggris.
Penelitian ini menggunakan metode induktif untuk mencari hasil dari penelitian dengan menggunakan pendekatan
feminisme. Data utama dari novel Caroll Lewis yang berjudul Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.
Data tambahan berasal dari penelitian penelitian sebelumnya terkait masalah pembahasan, pada beberapa buku, jurnal,
dan artikel yang diambil dari internet. Kajian ini menggunakan metode induktif pada penulisannya, induktif nya berasal
dari feminisme khusus,menjadi umum, menggunakan pendekatan feminisme. Penulis memiliki tujuan pembahasan.
Pertama, tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mendapatkan informasi mendalam terkait feminisme yang ditunjukan di novel.
Kedua, bertujuan menunjukkan bagaimana wacana wacana feminisme di bangun pada novel tersebut.
Kata kunci : “Feminisme” , “Queen” , “Victorian era” .
Introduction
Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and What Alice
Found There is a novel of child’s fantasy. Through the
Looking Glass and What Alice Found There was published
in 1871. This novel is one of the greatest children novels of
the 19th century and it is also written and published in
respond to the great success of Alice Adventure in
Wonderland (http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/LewisCarroll /Through-the-Looking-Glass.html accessed on 05 11
2014).
I am interested to study this novel profoundly
because this novel raises feminism issues. It is about a
journey of Alice, the main character, who joins the giant
chess game of life as a white pawn. She replaces Lily who is
too small to play in the game. Alice’s destination is the
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eighth square where she can change into a Queen. During
her journey, she meets weird characters and has many
adventures. She is a stronger female fighting for gender
rights with signs of feminism.
The image of women in Victorian era is home loving.
They like to devote her daily life for their family such as
they take care of their children, run the household tradition.
They also tend to be obedient women to their husband. They
never resist their husband. Even in some cases, they also
help their husband in relation to the family’s economy. They
often work to help their husband in their homes to support
their family’s economy. By contrast, in this novel, Alice is a
little daughter becoming an agent of feminism for an adult
woman. It is depicted when she has an idol to be a queen
whose authority to control her own fate.
Wardhana, Nala Pramudya. et al., Feminism in Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found
There,......
Based on the description above it can be concluded
that this novel is actually about an exploration of the woman
development in which it finally drives toward feminism
portrayed by Alice. For instance, in the chess game, Looking
Glass World, Alice covers by White Knight when Alice
hunted by Red Knight in this game. It means that Alice as a
little girl or woman is a weak. In contrast, Knight is a
stronger. It shows that Knight has a powerful to cover Alice,
and it shows gender in this action. The feminism is portrayed
through the dialogues, actions or events that are
contradictory to real meaning.
Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and
What Alice Found There contains feminism discourse.
Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies which
share a common stated aim: to define, establish, and defend
equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for
women
(http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/feminism accessed on 05 11 2014).
In relation to the explanation above, this thesis
discusses deeply about feminism in the novel of Lewis
Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and What Alice
Found There. Therefore this thesis is entitled “Feminism in
Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and What Alice
Found There”.
Research Method
The novel of Through the Looking Glass and What
Alice Found There is used to find the data of feminism that
will be classified and examined using approach feminism.
Therefore, I use approach feminism as the theoretical base to
resolve the analysis. I read up all sources to find feminism
data or discourse and the role of woman in the novel. The
data from the result of reading material then are used to
answer the problem of research.
The data collected from the sources are used to
discover the answer of the problems. The qualitative data are
taken from the novel Through the Looking Glass and What
Alice Found There written by Lewis Carroll, thesis, journals,
books, and internet articles. The primary data are obtained
from statements and dialogues of the novel that contain
feminism. I use approach feminism in analyzing the
feminism in the novel. I adopt his definition and clarification
of feminism discourse. The secondary data are gained from
thesis, journals, books, and internet articles that discuss the
feminism, women of Victorian period, English social
condition and the historical background of the writer.
Result
The result of this article is to show some problems
which is related to feminism in the real life of Lewis Carroll
as the author of the novels and it represents on the main
character of her novel, Alice. Hence, this research wants to
elaborate the specific information and fact about Alice
become a Queen related to feminism issues. This talks about
gender at all. Alice lives in Victorian period, when Queen
Victorian reign. Queen Victorian is a symbol of feminism or
icon of feminism in this era. It relates Alice as a symbol of
feminism in Looking Glass world.
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Discussion
Alice as the main character is a seven and half years
old English girl. Alice is a creative and clever girl. “So
here’s a question for you. How old did you say you were?’
Alice made a short calculation, and said ‘Seven Years and
six months (Carroll, 1871:79)”. As a child, she has creative
activities that are called fantasy. Fantasy is not only a way to
escape from reality but also way to go the world they have
never been through before.
At the beginning of the story, she invents an idea
about another world into the mirror. Alice observes that
mirror reflect things perfectly, it likes the real world. It is
called Looking Glass World.
“Well then, the books are something like
our books, only the words go the wrong
way; I know that, because I’ve held up
one of our books to the glass, and then
they hold up one in the other
room.”(Carroll, 1871:12).
Alice sees that a reflection of mirror views the
opposite direction. This observation has given her the
knowledge about reversal life style in her fantasy world, the
Looking Glass world. The quotation above reflects about the
struggle of little woman to change her world. She is an agent
of feminism in Looking Glass World.
In opposite direction there, the Looking Glass world,
nobody company Alice in her journey, but Alice meets
strange characters and chess pieces. She meets Live Flowers,
Insects, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty,
The Lion and the unicorn and also chess pieces like Queens,
Kings, Knights, Castles or Rooks etc. They come from the
Looking Glass world.
After she enters into Looking Glass world, Alice is
happy. She will be free. No one can scolding Alice again.
“In another moment Alice was through the
glass, and had jumped lightly down into
the Looking-glass room. The very first
thing she did was to look whether there
was a fire in the fireplace, and she was
quite pleased to find that there was a real
one, blazing away as brightly as the one
she had left behind. ’So I shall be as warm
here as I was in the old room, ’thought
Alice:” warmer, in fact, because there’ll
be no one here to scold me away from the
fire. Oh, what fun it’ll be, when they see
me through the glass in here, and can’t get
me!” (Carroll,1871:14).
Based on the description above conclude that this novel is
actually about Alice’s exploration in social society in
Looking Glass world.
In this story, Alice is an agent of feminism. She is
English girl. She starts her journey by herself. Nobody
companies Alice in Looking Glass world. She finds her
fantasy world into the glass or the mirror. She plays a chess
Wardhana, Nala Pramudya. et al., Feminism in Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found
There,......
game. I mean that the plot of the story like chess game
rules.
“She added in a tone of delight, and her
heart began to beat quick with excitement
as she went on. ‘it’s a great huge game of
chess that’s being played—All over the
world- if this is the world at all, you know.
Oh, what fun it is! How I wish I was one
of them! I wouldn’t mind being a Pawn, if
only I might join- though of course I
should like to be a Queen, best (Carroll,
1871:30)”.
The quotations above explain that Alice wants to be one of
them social status, especially to be a Queen. Being a Queen,
Alice must try step by step, it is not instant way. She will be
a pawn in the first time. Alice joins the giant chess game of
life as a white pawn.
“For some minutes Alice stood without
speaking, looking out in all directions
over the country- and a most curious
country it was. There were a number of
tiny little brooks running straight across it
from side to side, and the ground between
was divided up into squares by a number
of little green hedges, that reached from
brook to brook. I declare it’s marked out
just like a large chess board!’ Alice said at
last. There ought to be some men moving
about somewhere- and so there
are!’(Carroll, 1871:30)”.
Alice sees the Looking Glass world from the valley guiding
by Red Queen. She sees the landscape like giant chess
board. Alice as a woman tries to join the play of chess game
as real life in Looking Glass world.
In that game, chess game, Alice replaces Lily who is
too small to play in the game.
“She glaced rather shyly at the real Queen
as she said this, but her companion only
smiled pleasantly, and said,’That’s easily
managed. You can be White Queen’s
Pawn, if you like, as Lily’s too young to
play; and you are in the Second Square to
began with: when you get to the Eight
Square you’ll be a Queen-‘Just a moment,
somehow or other, they began to run
(Carroll, 1871:31)”.
The quotation above shows that Alice shows the woman in
general. She feels uncertain to be a Queen. As a guide of
Looking Glass world, the Red Queen gives advice to Alice
that way to be a Queen. It is very easy way. It is just get to
the Eight Square. Red Queen said that Alice will be a Queen
in Eight Square. She just runs in the next and next square, in
step by step way.
Conclusion
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Alice’s fantasy has brought her to join the giant chess
game as a white pawn. Her goal is the Eighth Square where
she can turn into a Queen. During her journey, Alice meets
strange society or her playmate on it world. It is called
Looking Glass world. All of the strange societies push Alice
to follow their rule of Looking Glass world.
This thesis has discussed two problems that are
presented in the problem to discuss in the first chapter. The
problem are concerned about explanation and clarification
how feminism expressed in Through the Looking Glass and
What Alice Found There. The last one is explanation facing
the discourse feminism constructs in the novel.
Feminism has bound the Looking Glass world’s life.
The journey of Alice become a Queen, red Queen guides her
in Looking Glass to reach it. The insect in the Looking Glass
world learns that woman is like a butterfly. She is a
beautiful, in good attitudes like a butterfly with a beauty of
nature. The lion and the unicorn have an opportunity to get
involved in governmental matters. They learn how to be a
real woman, to struggle in reaching her right to be a Queen.
She must have a powerful authority to control Looking Glass
world. Humpty Dumpty teaches Alice how to be a simple
and complex woman. It symbolizes a wall of Humpty
Dumpty, the wall that has two directions. Twedledee and
Twedledum, they teach how to solve the problem of life.
White Knight covers Alice in wood. However, she is
covered by other people. She must control her life by
herself. Live flowers shows to social class structure in
Looking Glass world. Alice joins the game faces social class
of society in Looking Glass world.
As a little girl, Alice views everything as it is. She
looks in perspective of little woman to adult woman. It is
simple than adult view everything as it should be. Adult have
to think about the appropriateness in all action. Alice is free
to be what her want. This is a simple and complex of her
experiences in Looking Glass world. A struggling of an
agent of feminism reaches her goal to be Queen.
Acknowledgement
First of all, I am grateful to the Almighty God for
establishing me to complete this thesis. I am also extremely
grateful to the following people for their expert, sincere, and
valuable guidance in supporting my study at Faculty of
Letters Jember University and finishing this thesis:
1. Dr. Hairus Salikin, M. Ed., Dean of Faculty of
Letters and Dra. Supiastutik, M.Pd., the Head of
English Department for giving me permission to
compose this thesis.
2. Dr. Eko Suwargono, M.Hum. and Hat Pujiati, S.S.,
M.A. as my first and second supervisor, for their
valuable assistance in reviewing my thesis in
progress.
3. The students of Faculty of Letters, and wish will
add their knowledge in literary criticism.
Hopefully, this thesis is a good contribution towards the
English studies, especially those who intend to develop their
knowledge on the study of literature.
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FEMINISM IN CARROLL LEWIS'S THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND
WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE
(“FEMINISM” DALAM NOVEL CARROLL LEWIS THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS AND
WHAT ALICE FOUND THERE)
Nala Pramudya Wardhana, Eko Suwargono, Hat Pujiati
English Department, Faculty of Letters, Jember University
Jln. Kalimantan 37, Jember 68121
E-mail: ekosuwargono.sastra@unej.ac.id
Abstract
This novel entitled Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There written by Carroll Lewis tells about Alice as a
child who experiences being a Queen in Looking Glass World. This is feminism story of Alice to reach her goal become a
Queen. Alice lives on Victorian era in England. This research uses qualitative research for analyzes the result of research
using approach feminism. The main data are taken from Carroll Lewis‘s novel with the title Through the Looking Glass and
What Alice Found There. The secondary data are taken from previous research, some books, journals, and internet sources.
The analysis of this study uses inductive method. Inductive method in this research is taken from the specific form of
feminism discourse, by using feminism approach. The writing of this thesis is to gain several goals. The first goal of this
study is try to find out deeply information about feminism express in the novel. The second purpose is to show how feminism
discourse constructed in the novel.
Keywords: Feminism, being Queen, Victorian era.
Abstrak
Novel dari Carroll Lewis berjudul Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, bercerita tentang seorang
gadis laki-laki yang mengalami pengalaman menjadi Queen dalam dunia fantasi, yang disebut Dunia Looking Glass.
Cerita tentang feminisme oleh Alice yang dia cita cita kan menjadi seorang Ratu. Alice hidup pada era Victoria di Inggris.
Penelitian ini menggunakan metode induktif untuk mencari hasil dari penelitian dengan menggunakan pendekatan
feminisme. Data utama dari novel Caroll Lewis yang berjudul Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There.
Data tambahan berasal dari penelitian penelitian sebelumnya terkait masalah pembahasan, pada beberapa buku, jurnal,
dan artikel yang diambil dari internet. Kajian ini menggunakan metode induktif pada penulisannya, induktif nya berasal
dari feminisme khusus,menjadi umum, menggunakan pendekatan feminisme. Penulis memiliki tujuan pembahasan.
Pertama, tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mendapatkan informasi mendalam terkait feminisme yang ditunjukan di novel.
Kedua, bertujuan menunjukkan bagaimana wacana wacana feminisme di bangun pada novel tersebut.
Kata kunci : “Feminisme” , “Queen” , “Victorian era” .
Introduction
Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and What Alice
Found There is a novel of child’s fantasy. Through the
Looking Glass and What Alice Found There was published
in 1871. This novel is one of the greatest children novels of
the 19th century and it is also written and published in
respond to the great success of Alice Adventure in
Wonderland (http://www.fantasybookreview.co.uk/LewisCarroll /Through-the-Looking-Glass.html accessed on 05 11
2014).
I am interested to study this novel profoundly
because this novel raises feminism issues. It is about a
journey of Alice, the main character, who joins the giant
chess game of life as a white pawn. She replaces Lily who is
too small to play in the game. Alice’s destination is the
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eighth square where she can change into a Queen. During
her journey, she meets weird characters and has many
adventures. She is a stronger female fighting for gender
rights with signs of feminism.
The image of women in Victorian era is home loving.
They like to devote her daily life for their family such as
they take care of their children, run the household tradition.
They also tend to be obedient women to their husband. They
never resist their husband. Even in some cases, they also
help their husband in relation to the family’s economy. They
often work to help their husband in their homes to support
their family’s economy. By contrast, in this novel, Alice is a
little daughter becoming an agent of feminism for an adult
woman. It is depicted when she has an idol to be a queen
whose authority to control her own fate.
Wardhana, Nala Pramudya. et al., Feminism in Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found
There,......
Based on the description above it can be concluded
that this novel is actually about an exploration of the woman
development in which it finally drives toward feminism
portrayed by Alice. For instance, in the chess game, Looking
Glass World, Alice covers by White Knight when Alice
hunted by Red Knight in this game. It means that Alice as a
little girl or woman is a weak. In contrast, Knight is a
stronger. It shows that Knight has a powerful to cover Alice,
and it shows gender in this action. The feminism is portrayed
through the dialogues, actions or events that are
contradictory to real meaning.
Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and
What Alice Found There contains feminism discourse.
Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies which
share a common stated aim: to define, establish, and defend
equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for
women
(http://www.merriamwebster.com/dictionary/feminism accessed on 05 11 2014).
In relation to the explanation above, this thesis
discusses deeply about feminism in the novel of Lewis
Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and What Alice
Found There. Therefore this thesis is entitled “Feminism in
Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass and What Alice
Found There”.
Research Method
The novel of Through the Looking Glass and What
Alice Found There is used to find the data of feminism that
will be classified and examined using approach feminism.
Therefore, I use approach feminism as the theoretical base to
resolve the analysis. I read up all sources to find feminism
data or discourse and the role of woman in the novel. The
data from the result of reading material then are used to
answer the problem of research.
The data collected from the sources are used to
discover the answer of the problems. The qualitative data are
taken from the novel Through the Looking Glass and What
Alice Found There written by Lewis Carroll, thesis, journals,
books, and internet articles. The primary data are obtained
from statements and dialogues of the novel that contain
feminism. I use approach feminism in analyzing the
feminism in the novel. I adopt his definition and clarification
of feminism discourse. The secondary data are gained from
thesis, journals, books, and internet articles that discuss the
feminism, women of Victorian period, English social
condition and the historical background of the writer.
Result
The result of this article is to show some problems
which is related to feminism in the real life of Lewis Carroll
as the author of the novels and it represents on the main
character of her novel, Alice. Hence, this research wants to
elaborate the specific information and fact about Alice
become a Queen related to feminism issues. This talks about
gender at all. Alice lives in Victorian period, when Queen
Victorian reign. Queen Victorian is a symbol of feminism or
icon of feminism in this era. It relates Alice as a symbol of
feminism in Looking Glass world.
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Discussion
Alice as the main character is a seven and half years
old English girl. Alice is a creative and clever girl. “So
here’s a question for you. How old did you say you were?’
Alice made a short calculation, and said ‘Seven Years and
six months (Carroll, 1871:79)”. As a child, she has creative
activities that are called fantasy. Fantasy is not only a way to
escape from reality but also way to go the world they have
never been through before.
At the beginning of the story, she invents an idea
about another world into the mirror. Alice observes that
mirror reflect things perfectly, it likes the real world. It is
called Looking Glass World.
“Well then, the books are something like
our books, only the words go the wrong
way; I know that, because I’ve held up
one of our books to the glass, and then
they hold up one in the other
room.”(Carroll, 1871:12).
Alice sees that a reflection of mirror views the
opposite direction. This observation has given her the
knowledge about reversal life style in her fantasy world, the
Looking Glass world. The quotation above reflects about the
struggle of little woman to change her world. She is an agent
of feminism in Looking Glass World.
In opposite direction there, the Looking Glass world,
nobody company Alice in her journey, but Alice meets
strange characters and chess pieces. She meets Live Flowers,
Insects, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty,
The Lion and the unicorn and also chess pieces like Queens,
Kings, Knights, Castles or Rooks etc. They come from the
Looking Glass world.
After she enters into Looking Glass world, Alice is
happy. She will be free. No one can scolding Alice again.
“In another moment Alice was through the
glass, and had jumped lightly down into
the Looking-glass room. The very first
thing she did was to look whether there
was a fire in the fireplace, and she was
quite pleased to find that there was a real
one, blazing away as brightly as the one
she had left behind. ’So I shall be as warm
here as I was in the old room, ’thought
Alice:” warmer, in fact, because there’ll
be no one here to scold me away from the
fire. Oh, what fun it’ll be, when they see
me through the glass in here, and can’t get
me!” (Carroll,1871:14).
Based on the description above conclude that this novel is
actually about Alice’s exploration in social society in
Looking Glass world.
In this story, Alice is an agent of feminism. She is
English girl. She starts her journey by herself. Nobody
companies Alice in Looking Glass world. She finds her
fantasy world into the glass or the mirror. She plays a chess
Wardhana, Nala Pramudya. et al., Feminism in Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found
There,......
game. I mean that the plot of the story like chess game
rules.
“She added in a tone of delight, and her
heart began to beat quick with excitement
as she went on. ‘it’s a great huge game of
chess that’s being played—All over the
world- if this is the world at all, you know.
Oh, what fun it is! How I wish I was one
of them! I wouldn’t mind being a Pawn, if
only I might join- though of course I
should like to be a Queen, best (Carroll,
1871:30)”.
The quotations above explain that Alice wants to be one of
them social status, especially to be a Queen. Being a Queen,
Alice must try step by step, it is not instant way. She will be
a pawn in the first time. Alice joins the giant chess game of
life as a white pawn.
“For some minutes Alice stood without
speaking, looking out in all directions
over the country- and a most curious
country it was. There were a number of
tiny little brooks running straight across it
from side to side, and the ground between
was divided up into squares by a number
of little green hedges, that reached from
brook to brook. I declare it’s marked out
just like a large chess board!’ Alice said at
last. There ought to be some men moving
about somewhere- and so there
are!’(Carroll, 1871:30)”.
Alice sees the Looking Glass world from the valley guiding
by Red Queen. She sees the landscape like giant chess
board. Alice as a woman tries to join the play of chess game
as real life in Looking Glass world.
In that game, chess game, Alice replaces Lily who is
too small to play in the game.
“She glaced rather shyly at the real Queen
as she said this, but her companion only
smiled pleasantly, and said,’That’s easily
managed. You can be White Queen’s
Pawn, if you like, as Lily’s too young to
play; and you are in the Second Square to
began with: when you get to the Eight
Square you’ll be a Queen-‘Just a moment,
somehow or other, they began to run
(Carroll, 1871:31)”.
The quotation above shows that Alice shows the woman in
general. She feels uncertain to be a Queen. As a guide of
Looking Glass world, the Red Queen gives advice to Alice
that way to be a Queen. It is very easy way. It is just get to
the Eight Square. Red Queen said that Alice will be a Queen
in Eight Square. She just runs in the next and next square, in
step by step way.
Conclusion
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Alice’s fantasy has brought her to join the giant chess
game as a white pawn. Her goal is the Eighth Square where
she can turn into a Queen. During her journey, Alice meets
strange society or her playmate on it world. It is called
Looking Glass world. All of the strange societies push Alice
to follow their rule of Looking Glass world.
This thesis has discussed two problems that are
presented in the problem to discuss in the first chapter. The
problem are concerned about explanation and clarification
how feminism expressed in Through the Looking Glass and
What Alice Found There. The last one is explanation facing
the discourse feminism constructs in the novel.
Feminism has bound the Looking Glass world’s life.
The journey of Alice become a Queen, red Queen guides her
in Looking Glass to reach it. The insect in the Looking Glass
world learns that woman is like a butterfly. She is a
beautiful, in good attitudes like a butterfly with a beauty of
nature. The lion and the unicorn have an opportunity to get
involved in governmental matters. They learn how to be a
real woman, to struggle in reaching her right to be a Queen.
She must have a powerful authority to control Looking Glass
world. Humpty Dumpty teaches Alice how to be a simple
and complex woman. It symbolizes a wall of Humpty
Dumpty, the wall that has two directions. Twedledee and
Twedledum, they teach how to solve the problem of life.
White Knight covers Alice in wood. However, she is
covered by other people. She must control her life by
herself. Live flowers shows to social class structure in
Looking Glass world. Alice joins the game faces social class
of society in Looking Glass world.
As a little girl, Alice views everything as it is. She
looks in perspective of little woman to adult woman. It is
simple than adult view everything as it should be. Adult have
to think about the appropriateness in all action. Alice is free
to be what her want. This is a simple and complex of her
experiences in Looking Glass world. A struggling of an
agent of feminism reaches her goal to be Queen.
Acknowledgement
First of all, I am grateful to the Almighty God for
establishing me to complete this thesis. I am also extremely
grateful to the following people for their expert, sincere, and
valuable guidance in supporting my study at Faculty of
Letters Jember University and finishing this thesis:
1. Dr. Hairus Salikin, M. Ed., Dean of Faculty of
Letters and Dra. Supiastutik, M.Pd., the Head of
English Department for giving me permission to
compose this thesis.
2. Dr. Eko Suwargono, M.Hum. and Hat Pujiati, S.S.,
M.A. as my first and second supervisor, for their
valuable assistance in reviewing my thesis in
progress.
3. The students of Faculty of Letters, and wish will
add their knowledge in literary criticism.
Hopefully, this thesis is a good contribution towards the
English studies, especially those who intend to develop their
knowledge on the study of literature.
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